Ishkashimi

E372341

Ishkashimi is a lesser-known Eastern Iranian language spoken by small communities in parts of Afghanistan and Tajikistan.

All labels observed (2)

Label Occurrences
Ishkashimi canonical 9
Sanglechi-Ishkashimi 2

How this entity was disambiguated

Statements (46)

Predicate Object
instanceOf Eastern Iranian language ⓘ
Iranian language ⓘ
endangered language ⓘ
basicWordOrder subject–object–verb ⓘ
closelyRelatedTo Munji ⓘ
Sanglechi ⓘ
Shughni ⓘ
countryStatusInAfghanistan minority language ⓘ
countryStatusInTajikistan minority language ⓘ
documentationStatus limited descriptive work ⓘ
dominantContactLanguage Dari Persian ⓘ
linked to: Persian language

Russian ⓘ
Tajik ⓘ
linked to: Tajik language
endangermentCause language shift to Tajik and Dari ⓘ
ethnicGroup Ishkashimi people ⓘ
hasCaseSystem yes ⓘ
hasDialect Afghan Ishkashimi ⓘ
Tajik Ishkashimi ⓘ
linked to: Afghan Ishkashimi
hasGrammaticalGender yes ⓘ
hasLoanwordsFrom Arabic ⓘ
Persian ⓘ
linked to: Persian language

Russian ⓘ
hasNounInflection yes ⓘ
hasVerbInflection yes ⓘ
ISO639-3Code isk ⓘ
languageBranch Indo-Iranian ⓘ
languageFamily Eastern Iranian ⓘ
Indo-European ⓘ
languageShiftTowards Tajik ⓘ
linked to: Tajik language
linguisticArea Central Asian Sprachbund ⓘ
morphologicalType fusional ⓘ
notUsedInDomain formal education ⓘ
mass media ⓘ
official administration ⓘ
numberOfSpeakersEstimate a few thousand ⓘ
regionType Pamir region ⓘ
spokenIn Afghanistan ⓘ
Tajikistan ⓘ
spokenInRegion Badakhshan ⓘ
Gorno-Badakhshan Autonomous Region ⓘ
linked to: Badakhshan

Ishkashim District ⓘ
status severely endangered ⓘ
subfamily Pamir languages ⓘ
UNESCOEndangermentCategory severely endangered (approximate) ⓘ
usedInDomain home and community communication ⓘ
writingSystem no widely standardized writing system ⓘ

How these facts were elicited

Referenced by (11)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Southeastern Iranian languages → hasNotableLanguage → Sanglechi-Ishkashimi ⓘ
linked to: Ishkashimi
Sanglechi → closelyRelatedTo → Ishkashimi ⓘ
Sanglechi language → hasAlternativeName → Sanglechi-Ishkashimi ⓘ
linked to: Ishkashimi
Oroshori → neighborLanguage → Ishkashimi ⓘ